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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Off-campus experience to familiarize students with institutions involved with Asian Studies, including museums, government, think tanks, and business organizations. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 units if a different topic is covered each time. Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor and the Director of Asian Studies, junior/senior standing, and 9 units of coursework in the Asian Studies program (excluding language study).
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4.00 Credits
Observational astronomy, telescopes, Earth as a planet, the Moon, Solar System, Sun, general properties of stars. Development of enough basic physics to understand these topics as a non-technical level. Not open to students who have successfully taken PHSC 161. Three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory period. High school algebra suggested. GenEd II.A Lab/Class fee will be assessed.
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4.00 Credits
Non-calculus based course for non-science majors that examines stars, stellar systems, galaxies, cosmology, and possibly other topics including life elsewhere in the universe. Emphasizing determination of the distance scale and modern trends in astronomy. Prerequisite: ASTR 161 or acceptable substitute. Not open to students who have successfully completed PHSC 361 or ASTR 361. GenEd II.A. Lab/Class fee will be assessed.
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3.00 Credits
Origin and evolution of the universe, stars, and planets; the rise of life on Earth; social, technological and ethical issues by the scientific search of extraterrestrial life and its possible discovery on other worlds. GenEd II.A. Prerequisite: any other course in GenEd II.A.
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3.00 Credits
Origin and evolution of the universe, stars and planets; the rise of life on earth; social, technological and ethical issues raised by the scientific search for extraterrestrial life and its possible discovery on other worlds. Prerequisites: any other course in GenEd II.A. and admission to the Honors Program. GenEd II.A.
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3.00 Credits
Observational astronomy using the department's telescope and NASA archival data, emphasizing equipment operating principles, scientific methods, signal statistics, data reduction. Includes imaging and photometry with Coupled Charge Devices in addition to spectroscopy, space observations, radio astronomy. Prerequisite: ASTR 331, PHYS 341.
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3.00 Credits
Applications of physics in astronomy, spectroscopy, stellar interiors and evolution, the interstellar medium. Prerequisites: ASTR 161 and ASTR 162; PHYS 242 or PHYS 252 at least concurrently. Not open to students who have successfully completed PHSC 231 or PHYS 231.
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3.00 Credits
Non-calculus course for science majors and minors focusing on methods of scientific inquiry as well as specific topics. Planetary formation both around our Sun and around other stars, planetary interiors and surface processes, and atmospheres. Primitive surfaces, cratering, volcanism, tectonism, origin and evolution of planetary atmospheres. The course may include an observational segment (e.g., sketching the planets through a telescope) and field trips to local site of geological interest. Prerequisites: ASTR 161 or GEOL 121 or GEOL 123.
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3.00 Credits
Stellar populations and the general properties of galaxies, including the Milky Way; galaxy formation and evolution; active galaxies; dark matter and dark energy; current topics in the study of the early universe; special and general relativity. Prerequisites: ASTR 161 and ASTR 162; ASTR 331; PHYS 307 and PHYS 311.
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3.00 Credits
Variable content including the origin of the elements and radio, microwave, and UV instruments and sources. Prerequisite: ASTR 331.
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